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Chapter 154: Entering the Military Camp and Attacking the Mountain Stronghold

When Zhou You and Jiang Hua entered the military camp, people were being beheaded inside.

A pit with a diameter of 50 meters was dug on the ground. A row of people knelt around the edge of the pit, with soldiers holding knives standing behind them.

At the command, the soldiers swung their swords and chopped down the heads, which rolled to the bottom of the pit.

Blood splattered into the sky. When the air pressure in the chest was released and the blood fountain weakened, the soldier kicked the headless corpse in the back.

The corpse rolled down the slope of the circular pit, pressing the accompanying head under the stomach or buttocks.

"Another batch!"

The silent crowd was like lambs, being led to the edge of the pit and made to kneel. When they lowered their heads, they saw countless corpses with their heads and bodies torn apart at the bottom of the pit.

The atmosphere becomes even more depressing!
The air was filled with the smell of blood and the stench of stale corpses.

Green-headed flies flew around in front of my eyes, as if they were warmly welcoming me.

"Master Qian, someone from the martial arts school has returned a cannon."

"Xuan!"

Mr. Wang and Mr. Chen Qian are quite close friends, but no one can tell the specific circumstances.

Even an old man like Jiang Hua didn't know whether the two were close friends or sworn brothers!
General Chen Qian was wearing armor and sitting among a group of officers, looking serious.

"Are you Wang Jianxiong's disciples?"

"Zhou You (Jiang Hua) is here to see General Chen Qian. Master asked us to bring him greetings."

President Chen Qian chuckled and told his attendants, "Bring them a stool so they can sit down and talk."

The cannon had been disassembled from the carriage and assembled, and inspected by a dedicated person, who confirmed that it was well maintained with no damaged or missing parts.

"How many of you are here?"

"Besides the two of us, there are seven or eight other fellow apprentices, um, all of them are Jinli apprentices."

Chen Qian moved his fingers, as if calculating something, "Stay here and help me attack the stronghold."

Zhou You looked at Jiang Hua in surprise. He didn't say he would be sent to the army before he came here!
Jiang Hua seemed to have expected this, and said respectfully to General Chen, "Master said that we should obey General Chen's orders when we arrive at the army."

The round pit nearby was still killing people. Counting on a group of more than a hundred people, thousands of people had been killed so far.

There are so many bandits in Moyun Village?
"Recently, famine has occurred, and more and more bandits have joined Moyun Village, and the number has exceeded 5000."

"If it were usual, it would be easy for me to destroy them with my army alone."

"Right now, the enemy is numerous and we are few, and this amount of troops is stretched to the limit."

5000 people, didn’t it say 1000 people?

Zhou You was shocked, and then he understood why they wanted to attack Moyun Village.

Under normal circumstances, a mountain stronghold would have at most about 800 people, and it would not be able to support more than that.

The number of people is a red line. If you don't exceed the red line, no one will care if you make small moves.

Previously, Moyun Village had 1000 soldiers, which was still tolerable. But now that the times have been bad, the number of soldiers has suddenly increased by 5000.

A small village certainly can't support so many people, what to do? Rob!
Even simple robbery was far from enough. The only way was to attack the city and rebel.

The scale has exceeded the dangerous red line, so Chen Qianzong has sent out all his forces to eliminate it.

He must have revealed the news when he was communicating with Master Wang, so he returned the artillery and asked a few disciples to help.

Jiang Hua and Zhou You, two masters of qi and blood, occupy 1/3 of the inner courtyard disciples of the martial arts hall.

From this, it can be seen that the relationship between the two is really unusual.

"We fought a few battles a few days ago, and the mob was wiped out. Now the only ones occupying the mountain are the diehard old thieves."

"There were less than 800 of them, and all of them killed people without mercy and used extraordinary force."

General Chen Qian pointed to the earth pit and said, "After killing the last batch, we will march out of the camp tomorrow and formally attack the mountain."

"You will rest for one night. Tomorrow you will escort the artillery up the mountain. If there are any bandits harassing you, just kill them. Go to the designated location and fire the artillery to capture the camp. If you fail to do so, you will be punished by military law."

The military order is as heavy as a mountain, full of murderous intent.

The soldiers around him kept silent, their backs standing like mountains, the oppressive atmosphere made it impossible to even think of refusing. Zhou You looked at the apprentices, each of them looked very bad, and they could hardly walk.

"Don't think too much, just follow us up the mountain tomorrow."

This time we can only advance and cannot retreat. The army surrounds us and we can't escape even if we have wings. Even if we escape, we won't be able to explain to the martial arts school.

Zhou You smelled the scent of iron and blood, and instead of feeling fear, he felt full of excitement and anticipation.

On the eve of attacking the mountain the next day, Zhou You reunited with his fellow disciples and found that except for Jiang Hua, everyone looked unwell after resting.

Someone from the army came to inform us that we could get a set of armor and weapons.

Weapons and armor are life-saving things. From this, it seems that General Chen Qian did not use them as cannon fodder.

Moyun Village has been entrenched here for many years. Every blade of grass and every tree has a trap, and arrows can be shot out at any time.

The road up the mountain is full of dangers and you can lose your life if you are not careful.

"kill!"

A wave of arrows rained down, and several young and strong men pushing the cannon fell down.

Then several bandits rushed out from behind the rocks, looking ferocious and their breathing was vicious.

Several apprentices came forward and used the Subduing Tiger Fist as soon as they met, taking advantage of the mountain terrain.

Zhou You raised his hand and clawed, ripping open the throat of the bandit who rushed in front of him, and his body fell to the ground.

He glanced in the direction of Jiang Hua. He had just finished a fight as well. The flesh of the bandit's corpse beneath his feet was melting and bleeding.

"Second Brother, clean it up."

Continuing on their journey, Zhou You casually asked, "Brother Jiang, your moves don't look like the Jade Tiger Kung Fu?"

"This is a palm technique I'm practicing, called Blood Sand Palm. As you know, we brothers all know one or two other martial arts, right?"

"Ha, I really didn't know. Blood Sand Palm, interesting."

Together, they destroyed three or four hidden barriers, collapsed five or six tunnel exits, and killed seventy or eighty bandits.

They also encountered bandits at the Qi and Blood level on the road, and they were all killed one after another by Zhou You and Jiang Hua.

"Junior Brother Zhou, your strength doesn't seem to be at the first stage of Qi and Blood!"

"Oh, maybe it's because I've been training hard for a while, and I occasionally have a breakthrough, maybe I've reached the second stage of Qi and Blood."

Jiang Hua did not say much. This junior fellow apprentice was more than the 2nd dan, probably already the 3rd dan. His ability was unfathomable.

There is an apprentice ahead who has returned after exploring the way and has arrived at the designated location.

The artillery machine was assembled and laid the foundation and placed in the designated location. From afar, Moyun Village could be seen hidden in a corner of the mountains.

"Fire a shot from this angle and test its power?"

Jiang Hua raised his hand to indicate the angle and distance and made suggestions.

He had worked with Zhou You before and was no stranger to cannon operation.

"I can see it."

He traveled around to estimate the direction. The mountainous terrain was complex and the distance was too far. The first gun was responsible for aiming at the reference point and had a very low hit rate. If he really wanted to inflict a blow on the stronghold, he would have to fire from the second or third guns.

The two fellow disciples smiled at each other, as if they had returned to the time when they bombarded Tiefeng Martial Arts School.

Stone bullets as big as human heads were loaded into the gun, and the cannon started to move with the harsh sound of joints rubbing against each other.

Woo!
The stone bullet broke through the air, drew a leisurely arc, and fell into Moyun Village in front of everyone's sight.

It was really lucky that the first shot hit the stronghold and directly blasted a big hole in the wall.

A roar came from behind the gap, coming from the third leader of Moyun Village, a powerful martial artist.

"The dog soldiers are firing from the back hill. I'm going to kill them."

"You guys focus on dealing with the main attacking force at the front mountain. I'll be back soon."

(End of this chapter)